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Estero Bluffs
Estero Bluffs is located north of Cayucos and west of Highway One from the
intersection of North Ocean Street to Villa Creek Road. Head north of Cayucos. You'll
see several dirt parking areas on the ocean side of the highway. If you go too far,
you'll see the "No Trespassing" signs of private ranchs. The property is approximately
355 acres consisting of grassland-dominated coastal terrace that slopes from
Highway One to the Pacific Ocean. The property is bisected by San Geronimo and
Villa Creeks.
The four miles of coast north of Cayucos was acquired by the Trust for Public Lands,
a national land conservation nonprofit group, and donated to the state in March 2000.
intersection of North Ocean Street to Villa Creek Road. Head north of Cayucos. You'll
see several dirt parking areas on the ocean side of the highway. If you go too far,
you'll see the "No Trespassing" signs of private ranchs. The property is approximately
355 acres consisting of grassland-dominated coastal terrace that slopes from
Highway One to the Pacific Ocean. The property is bisected by San Geronimo and
Villa Creeks.
The four miles of coast north of Cayucos was acquired by the Trust for Public Lands,
a national land conservation nonprofit group, and donated to the state in March 2000.
Acquisition of the Estero land capped a decadelong effort to prevent a 250-room hotel and 65 houses from being built on the property.
Estero Bluffs has inter-tidal areas, wetlands, low bluffs and coastal terraces punctuated by a number of perennial and intermittent streams, and
containing a pocket cove and beach at Villa Creek.
The property's rich diversity of habitat types includes marine, inter-tidal, estuarine, riverine, coastal salt marsh, freshwater marsh, coastal foredune,
coastal and riparian scrub and grassland. This area provides a natural habitat for a number of endangered species including the snowy plover.
Sites to see along the trail include tide pools, a basalt sea stack, and Chumash grinding stones.
Estero Bluffs has inter-tidal areas, wetlands, low bluffs and coastal terraces punctuated by a number of perennial and intermittent streams, and
containing a pocket cove and beach at Villa Creek.
The property's rich diversity of habitat types includes marine, inter-tidal, estuarine, riverine, coastal salt marsh, freshwater marsh, coastal foredune,
coastal and riparian scrub and grassland. This area provides a natural habitat for a number of endangered species including the snowy plover.
Sites to see along the trail include tide pools, a basalt sea stack, and Chumash grinding stones.
The "Third Saturday on the Bluffs" program sponsored by the Cayucos Land Conservancy offers guided hikes on the bluffs once per month. Every
guide is an expert on some aspect of the property's resources such as birds, geology, whales, or native plants. There are periodic volunteer workdays
to remove ancient fences or to clean trash out of gullies or parking areas.
guide is an expert on some aspect of the property's resources such as birds, geology, whales, or native plants. There are periodic volunteer workdays
to remove ancient fences or to clean trash out of gullies or parking areas.
For information on upcoming hikes, see our Events page.
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